INDIANAPOLIS - The Indianapolis Colts have re-signed running back Lance Ball, linebacker Buster Davis and offensive lineman Dan Federkeil.

TEMPE, Ariz. - The Arizona Cardinals have re-signed free agent linebacker Clark Haggans to a three-year contract.

PITTSBURGH - The Pittsburgh Steelers have signed backup offensive tackle Trai Essex to a two-year contract, guaranteeing that four of the team's free agent offensive linemen will return.

HOUSTON - Houston Rockets forward Carl Landry is expected to miss one to three weeks after he was shot in the left leg early Tuesday while driving near his home.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - O.J. Mayo decides to walk the block over to Beale Street from the FedExForum after a recent Grizzlies' practice. The destination is a restaurant that's quickly become one of his favorites.

DALLAS - Mavericks swingman Josh Howard will be out at least another week because of an injured left ankle that may need surgery.

LONDON (AFP) - George Cohen believes that in Fabio Capello England have a manager with similar qualities to those of 1966 World Cup supremo Sir Alf Ramsey.

MADRID (AFP) - Brazilian defender Roberto Carlos says he is ready to move back to Real Madrid from Turkish side Fenerbahce if the Spanish club's former president Florentino Perez returns.

LONDON (AFP) - There are a total of 11 announced bids, including combined bids, for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, FIFA said Tuesday after the deadline for candidates expired on Monday.

ATLANTA - Kari Lehtonen made several sprawling saves against the Washington Capitals.

LOS ANGELES - Ryan Jones scored the go-ahead goal with 2:18 remaining, Joel Ward had a goal and an assist, and J.P. Dumont had two assists, leading the Nashville Predators to a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Monday night.

ATLANTA - Washington Capitals defenseman Brian Pothier played his first game in more than 14 months Monday night after recovering from a career-threatening concussion.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Ty Lawson's troublesome toe could keep North Carolina's speedy point guard sidelined for the Tar Heels' NCAA tournament opener.

DURHAM, N.C. - Duke quarterback Zack Asack is headed to the other side of the ball.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida State will appeal part of an NCAA punishment that would strip the school of victories in 10 sports, including as many as 14 in football. The university president called the penalty "excessive and inappropriate."

INDIAN WELLS, California (AFP) - Roger Federer was more than a match for the firepower of Ivo Karlovic Monday, beating the towering Croatian in straight sets to reach the fourth round of the Indian Wells hardcourt tennis tournament.

INDIAN WELLS, California (AFP) - Roger Federer shook off the rust of a six-week break, his smooth progress into the third round at Indian Wells a marked contrast to turmoil in the women's draw.

INDIAN WELLS, California (AFP) - Andy Murray showed no lingering ill effects of the virus that sidelined him last month as he reached the third round of the Indian Wells Masters on Saturday.

MELBOURNE, Australia - Australian golf officials support a new OneAsia Super Series, which has divided opinion in the region, because the schedule will likely involve about 20 tournaments by 2011, each offering at least $1.5 million in prize money.

ORLANDO, Fla. - Tiger Woods finally made some meaningful putts, even if they were for par, as he teamed with John Cook to win a fourballs match Monday in leading Isleworth to a 6-4 lead over Lake Nona in the Tavistock Cup.

DORAL, Fla. - There was the hospital trip for two bags of intravenous fluids before the final round. The hot showers and baths to alleviate nighttime chills. The right-handed swing with a left-handed club to extricate his ball from shrubbery. The upstart challenger who wouldn't go away.

PARIS - Formula One's championship will be decided by the number of race wins and not accumulated points.

TOKYO - Japanese automaker Toyota has big ambitions for the upcoming Formula One season, regardless of the global economic slowdown.

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. - Watkins Glen International thinks its got a heluva good title sponsor for its NASCAR Sprint Cup race.

DENVER - The chairman of the U.S. Olympic Committee vows to conduct a full national search to replace CEO Jim Scherr, though the timing of the search remains undetermined.

CHICAGO - Mayor Richard Daley isn't worried the management upheaval at the U.S. Olympic Committee will hurt Chicago's bid for the 2016 Summer Games, an effort that got a boost Thursday when new Gov. Pat Quinn pledged to raise the state's financial guarantee to $250 million.

KUWAIT CITY - International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge paid tribute to Asia on Thursday as a rising force in global sports.

PARIS - Formula One's championship will be decided by the number of race wins and not accumulated points.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Julius Peppers wants out of Carolina and wouldn't mind going to New England. The Panthers will let him go only for what they feel is fair compensation. The long-running offseason drama involving the four-time Pro Bowl defensive end is nowhere near a resolution, leaving the Panthers without salary-cap space and Peppers' future uncertain.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An Iraqi soccer fan shot dead a player of the opposing team as he tried to score an equalizing goal in the final minutes of a match, police said Monday.

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's new computer chief, already on leave after an FBI raid at his old job, turns out to have pleaded guilty to misdemeanor theft in 1996 when he was 21 years old, court records show.

WASHINGTON - Guaranteeing health insurance for all Americans may cost about $1.5 trillion over the next decade, health experts say.

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Tuesday brushed aside criticism that he's trying to take on too many issues at once, defending a $3.6 trillion budget that seeks to shore up the economy while also overhauling health care, energy and education.

WASHINGTON - Veteran diplomat Christopher Hill on Tuesday won the support of Republican Sen. Richard Lugar to become the next U.S. ambassador to Iraq, even as other GOP senators bluntly urged President Barack Obama to withdraw the nomination.

WASHINGTON - The chairman of the House Financial Services Committee said Tuesday he hoped to begin writing legislation by early May on overhauling how the federal government regulates the nation's financial system.

WASHINGTON - All 17 female senators want to see female pilots who served during World War II receive the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honor Congress can give.

WASHINGTON - Top environmental officials from Europe say they are encouraged by the United States' new stance on climate change.

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SILVER SPRING, Md. - Plenty of people dream of leaving their jobs to become teachers. Today, more people are actually doing it.

ROME - The Italian government has tapped the man who handled the Naples garbage crisis to deal with another emergency — the shabby state of many ancient monuments in Rome.

PRAGUE - The Czech government postponed a parliamentary vote Tuesday on a deal to place a U.S. missile defense installation in the country.

ST. POELTEN, Austria - The woman who bore seven children through incest and was allegedly locked in a squalid dungeon for 24 years confronted her father Tuesday in a videotape shown in court — testimony that could send him to prison for life. Josef Fritzl, 73, has been charged with murder, enslavement, incest and rape in a case that has drawn media attention from around the world for its shocking allegations.

WASHINGTON - The nation's federal judges adopted revised ethics rules Tuesday that for the first time define the "appearance of impropriety" that must be avoided. But those revised rules still allow individual judges to decide what is acceptable.

LEXINGTON, Va. - In some versions of a March 16 story about U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, The Associated Press misidentified in a second reference the school where he spoke. The school is Washington and Lee University, not William and Lee.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The only woman among the nine justices of the US Supreme Court, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, said Tuesday she plans to keep working but faces chemotherapy after successful surgery for pancreatic cancer.

WASHINGTON - Congressional Democrats vowed Tuesday to all but strip AIG executives of their $165 million in bonuses as expressions of outrage swelled in Congress over eye-catching extra income for employees of a firm that has received billions in taxpayer bailout funds.

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama wants governors to hurry up and begin building bridges and schools to revive the economy. His administration is learning that spending $787 billion as quickly and transparently as promised is no easy task.

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Tuesday brushed aside criticism that he's trying to take on too many issues at once, defending a $3.6 trillion budget that seeks to shore up the economy while also overhauling health care, energy and education.